Second one down

Tyke had clashed with the fish-man with an unusually big forehead. Getting into a hold with their hands locked with each other, they both tried to gain the upperhand in a show of strength.

With the clash was leading nowhere, with neither of them losing an inch, the fish-man let go of the hold and leaned back, causing Tyke to stumble forward.

As he tried to regain his balance, Tyke saw the big forehead of the fish-man coming at him, so he brought his hands up to defend.

"Guh!"

Getting blown back because of the impact, Tyke flipped mid air and landed. As Tyke shook his arms which had gotten a little numb from the impact, he heard the fish-man laugh. Looking at him, Tyke saw that he was in no hurry, as he stood with a smug expression and his arms crossed.

"Human! I am Danda! What is your name?"

"...."

Danda looked at Tyke who stayed silent and said with a smirk on his face.

"No need to think hard, human. I only ask because I write the name of every human I kill on their skull."

As Tyke narrowed his eyes, the fish-man continued.

"Rejoice! You will be the thousandth in my collection! Now, what is your name?"

Tyke put his arms up, taking his stance and said.

"Danda, right? Don't worry, I will put your name on your skull later."

Danda's smile slowly disappeared when he heard that. Gritting his teeth in anger, he said.

"On second thought, I'll just throw your body into the ocean after I'm done with you."

Jumping into the air, Danda dove at Tyke head first.

[Fish-man karate : Hundred tile headbutt]

Tyke hurriedly rolled out of the way as Danda crashed into the ground. Seeing the damage the move had caused, Tyke frowned and thought about how to gain the upper hand.

As he was thinking, Danda jumped back up into the air again and dove back onto Tyke. This time, Tyke did not dodge and stood still.

Looking at the human, who was trying to take on his attack, Danda smirked, knowing victory was in grasp.

When Danda had gotten close enough, Tyke slightly sidestepped and punched the side of Danda's face, which sent him flying.

Tyke looked at Danda, who flipped mid air and landed back properly. Seeing him uninjured, Tyke looked at his fist which had gotten red and was throbbing.

Realizing that his foe had defended his blow by using his forehead, Tyke readied himself again.

Danda smirked at the human who still wanted to continue his futile struggle and said.

"No matter how much you try, you will never be able to match us. Do you know why?"

"...."

Looking at his opponent who was silent, Danda spread his arms and declared.

"Because we are the superior species! You will always be below us, human!"

Tyke rushed in as Danda was immersed in his superiority and delivered a punch straight into his gut, which was blocked by Danda's right arm.

Seeing his attack get blocked, Tyke threw a jab at Danda's face, which was also blocked. Throwing a right hook, Tyke met empty air as Danda easily dodged.

Tyke frowned as his punches got blocked or were dodged one after the other, which only seemed to increase Danda's joy, as his smirk got wider.

As Danda kept deflecting all the blows that the human threw at him, he saw a gap where he could use his best technique. And so he did, headbutting Tyke in the face which sent him stumbling back.

Shaking his head, Tyke spat out the blood in his mouth as Danda started rambling again, standing across him.

"Hahaha, did you think I can only use my fat head, human?! Fish-man karate is far superior to anything you can even come up with!"

Tyke closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Danda looked at his opponent close his eyes and took it as a sign of surrender. Laughing in glee, he jumped into the air.

Tyke opened his eyes and watched Danda dive at him. Putting his arms up he met his attack head on, this time with open palms instead of closed fists.

Tyke grabbed Danda's shoulders and completely nullified the attack, not letting Danda's head make contact.

Danda widened his eyes at the absurd way his attack got stopped. As he looked into the human's cold eyes, he grimaced in pain. Using his hands, he pushed himself away from Tyke.

When he had made a safe distance, he grabbed his shoulders, which still throbbed in pain. It was only now that Danda properly looked at his opponent.

Being taller than even a few of his fish-men comrades and muscles that were screaming to be let out from the tank top that bound them, Tyke made for a menacing figure.

Danda shook his head and reassured himself of his superiority.

'He's only a human at the end of the day!'

He did not have time for further thoughts as Tyke charged at him. Thinking of fending him off, just like he did before, Danda swung his arm, only for it to be caught and pulled down.

Looking at the vice grip his opponent had on his arm, Danda started sweating. When he looked up he saw a fist coming at his face. Raising his other, still free arm, he tried to defend, only for it to end up being caught as well.

Tyke looked at the arms he held and pulled them down and twisted them, hearing cracking noises as he did so.

"Gah!"

Danda paled as he felt his arms breaking and he couldn't move them anymore, no matter how much he tried.

Tyke let go of Danda as he did not feel he had to hold onto the broken arms, which caused Danda to stumble back and fall down.

Danda looked at his arms and saw the mangled mess they had become. Filled with anger and rage, he forced himself to get up despite the pain.

Seeing Danda get back up and glare at him with bloodshot eyes, Tyke cocked his fist back.

Seeing the human try to hit him in the face, Danda smirked, remembering the earlier clash where he was fine after using his forehead to defend.

'Idiot! How dare you do this to me!? I'll crush your hand this time!'

Tyke seemed to read his thoughts as he said.

"If something hasn't broken after punching it.."

"..."

"You just haven't punched hard enough yet."

"Eh"

[Maximum canon]

Punching right at Danda's forehead, Tyke sent him flying. Going to where Danda had fallen, Tyke saw Danda lying unconscious, with tears and snot streaming down, which only strengthened his belief.

'A fist triumphs all.'

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Author's note : I assume no one had any problems figuring out the fish-man in the previous chapter was based on a crab. This one is based on Oranda.